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  • Slow Flow Yoga - single class

    Slow Flow Yoga is the perfect wind-down Yoga class to bring a close to your day. Why not give it a go, before you commit to a course? Slow Yoga Flow brings you Yoga at a steadier pace, to invoke restoration, a sense of calm and promote better sleep. Join us for a one-off, Slow Flow Yoga class - 60 minutes of mindful movement, breath and body connection. Aaaaand relax. This class is ideal for beginners, those who have practiced for a while or for those of you who prefer a welcome wind-down for your evening, to help prepare you for the day ahead. Please BYO Yoga mat (contact us via email if you need to borrow one - bodyphysical@yahoo.co.uk), comfy layers, turn up and settle in for some YOU time. See you on the mat. How to find us: Our Sherwood Community Centre courses and classes are now held in the Annex studio. On arrival, you can park in the SCC car park and walk along a short path to the right of the main reception. You will find the external door to the Annex at the end of the path. The external door will open 10 minutes before the start of the class. Please arrive in plenty of time for changing, using the facilities and in time for a prompt start.

  • Hatha Yoga Flow: 6-weeks JAN-FEB

    Mondays 6:00pm - Sherwood Community Centre Embark on a journey of wellness and self-discovery with our Hatha Yoga Flow course starting in January 2025. Whether you're a beginner or an experienced yogi, our steady-paced practice combines physical postures, breath techniques, and gentle chanting. Join us for this 6-week course at Sherwood Community Centre, NG5 3FN, and experience the transformative power of Hatha Yoga.

  • Hatha Yoga Flow - single class

    Every now and then, an opportunity pops up and you just have to grab it! Join us for a one-off, single Hatha Yoga Flow class - 75 minutes of mindful movement, breath and body connection. Simply bliss, Perfect for beginners, those who have practiced for a while or if you just fancy a lovely addition to your week. Please BYO Yoga mat (contact us via email if you need to borrow one - bodyphysical@yahoo.co.uk), comfy layers, turn up and settle in for some YOU time. See you on the mat. How to find us: Our Sherwood Community Centre courses and classes are now held in the Annex studio. On arrival, you can park in the SCC car park and walk along a short path to the right of the main reception. You will find the external door to the Annex at the end of the path. The external door will open 10 minutes before the start of the class. Please arrive in plenty of time for changing, using the facilities and in time for a prompt start.

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  • Body Physical | Yoga and Fitness

    Discover tailored yoga and fitness classes in Nottingham, UK. Join Body Physical's community-centered sessions for personalised training by experienced professionals. Classes start from £32. Prioritise your health today! YOGA & FITNESS for EVERY BODY Be yourself at Nottingham's local Yoga and Fitness club! We are a small, enthusiastic organisation working hard to keep you active and well throughout the year. Book a Class Class Calendar Find your flow. Courses start from £34! BUY COURSE NOTTINGHAM'S LOCAL YOGA & FITNESS CLUB CLASSES & PROGRAMMES Fitness EXPLORE Flow EXPLORE OUR PARTNERS WHAT'S HAPPENING AT BODY PHYSICAL EXPERIENCES & EVENTS Gayle, Hatha Yoga Flow Wow blown away with the Hatha Yoga Flow class tonight, just what I needed after a long working day, thank you. Join the Club! Join our email list and get access to specials deals exclusive to our subscribers. Email Subscribe Thanks for subscribing!

  • Body Physical | Member Forum

    Not sure where to start? Want to ask a question about our classes? Check out our forum! The Forum To test this feature, visit your live site. Categories All Posts My Posts Forum Welcome! Have a look around and join the discussions. Create New Post General Discussion Share stories, ideas, pictures and more! subcategory-list-item.views subcategory-list-item.posts 2 Follow Questions & Answers Get answers and share knowledge. subcategory-list-item.views subcategory-list-item.posts 1 Follow Forum - Frameless

  • Body Physical | Gift Cards

    Gift health and happiness with Body Physical Gift Cards! Let your loved ones choose from a variety of yoga and fitness classes. Be healthy, be happy, be physical! Shape Up Give the gift of community, energy and rejuvenation! e-Gift Card £5 Want to gift something sustainable, eco-friendly and compassionate this year but not sure what they'd like best? Buy an e-Gift card and they can choose what's right for them! ... Read more Please select an amount: £5 £10 £20 £30 £50 Other amount Quantity Buy Now

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  • The Importance Of Being a Beginner

    At various times in life it's vital to take a step back, to view things a little differently, perhaps even in a way that you did once, but have somehow forgotten.

  • Why We Don't Sell Weight Loss Programmes

    You may have noticed in my social media posts, class descriptions and general comments online that I never reference 'weight loss'. You may think this is poor promotion for a small organisation trying to help people improve their wellbeing. And perhaps it is. I have, however, questioned myself on this many times and I've reached the conclusion that I simply don't believe in promoting weight loss. Controversial? Let's see... What does 'weight loss' really mean? I firmly believe that weight loss means so much more than the basic maths of 'losing weight'; becoming lighter, being less heavy. In terms of true biology, the weight of our body comprises so many essential elements ; our skeletal system, bone density, organs and tissues, height, muscle mass and fat stores . Some factors we just can't change. Our skeleton is the framework to which everything connects - we can't change our skeleton. Our organs are their required size to fulfil their function in keeping us healthy and well. We can't change our organs. Our bone density can develop through weight-bearing exercise - this could play a very small, micro-marginal part in our weight variation. But we don't want to be decreasing our bone density do we? So, let's be blunt. What are we really talking about here? When we strip it right down, we are talking about reducing our body fat percentage. Less fat = less weight. But why are we choosing to quantify this, and nothing else? Reading between the lines on weight loss When people contact me about 1-1 personal training, joining a fitness class or worrying whether they'd fit in at a Yoga class, what are they really asking for? In a recent survey sent to Body Physical subscribers, I wanted to find out more about their personal motivations, and also their barriers, to exercise and/or joining a structured class. When requesting their responses, I intentionally omitted an option to state 'I want to lose weight', so that I could dig a little deeper into their personal goals and core values. (It is worth noting that there was an option for people to leave their own comments, to provide any further detail that I may have missed, e.g weight loss.) And here's what I found out. 69% of people wanted to feel stronger/fitter 63% wished to improve their mind/body wellbeing 44% wanted to look better 44% wanted to improve their medical health 31% hoped to enjoy a better quality of life 6% were keen to find companionship with others 0% mentioned wanting to lose weight. Now, you can read into this in various ways, but the fact is that not one person's primary motivation was solely to lose weight. Losing weight may attribute to many of these possible outcomes, but it is in no way, by itself, the most valuable outcome. We all know of a multitude of ways (perhaps too many to mention) that weight loss is drilled into us, as a way of measuring our success, health and sex appeal, But are there a better ways to view ourselves and our achievements? Of course there are! Read on... So what are 'weight loss' classes/courses really selling? More often than not, these classes and courses are selling different ways to diet. Dieting is a non-movement method of restricting calorific intake in order to create a deficit and, therefore, lose weight. As we know, this is primarily focused on ridding ourselves of that pesky excess body fat, without the need for exercise. But, if our deeper needs are actually to feel stronger/fitter, to improve mind/body wellbeing, to look better and to improve our medical health, are these classes really going to fit the bill? The answer to this very much relies on the individual but, without exercise, how are we going to improve our metabolism, increase our strength and fitness as well as improve our muscle tone and health? These elements simply don't alter with dietary changes alone. It takes a lifestyle shift. Exercise classes claiming to support 'weight loss' are mostly likely to be basing themselves on one or two main factors: Calorie burning through movement (eg 'cardio' activities such as aerobics, walking, jogging, high intensity interval training [HIIT]) Metabolic improvement through resistance training (eg 'strengthening' activities such as weight lifting, bodyweight training, 'body conditioning') The former option is an effective way to burn a larger amount of calories at the time of exercising, with movement methods that are more challenging than those you gift your body on a day-to-day basis. You burn more calories at the time you exercise, therefore begin to create a deficit. Unless you then treat yourself to a cake on the way home. (We know this to be true - we do it ourselves!) This method of exercising offers a lesser overall metabolic effect and relies upon regular patterns of exercise to keep the calories burning and to encourage a weight loss effect. The latter technique is a way of building fitter and stronger muscles, which will in turn help to burn energy whilst the body is at rest. You may find less of a calorie burn at the time of exercising, but the metabolic effect will be taking shape for a while afterwards, helping your body to burn more energy overall, over a sustained period of time. It again requires a regular pattern of exercise - especially for women as our hormones can at times work against our body 'building' strategies. Where we come in Body Physical classes target the areas of our health and wellbeing that matter the most. Our classes and courses can absolutely help you to lose weight (if that is still your greatest motivation) but calculate me this - If you are attending a class for 1 hour per week, in order to lose weight, what are you doing for the other 167 hours of your week? We need to form new patterns. New habits. We must be willing to embrace new opportunities for happiness. Body Physical clients, whether they prefer 1-1, group exercise, Yoga or wellbeing and seeking spirituality, all recognise the need for consistency, maintenance and when it's time to to break through plateaus - those areas of stagnation, when you seem to stop achieving your goals and need to make a change. Attending one class is the best way to start. We all start here. Trying something new is the only way to make a change. How did our clients get started? Most of our clients reported that their biggest barrier to starting a new class/course/exercise programme was being too busy with work, family and life in general. Others also said that they felt worried that they would be rubbish at it and might not fit in. All of these comments were from our members! These are people who initially struggled to prioritise time for themselves and who felt the same insecurities the rest of us feel when starting something new. And now they are regular members! Carving time out of busy schedules is not easy and making change happen is not as simple as writing something onto a calendar. But is there a way you could make it happen? Could you prioritise yourself for, perhaps, 1 hour per week? Maybe even two? Our fitness classes combine cardio vascular fitness challenges, resistance training, bodyweight and interval training and a whole lot of laughs! We offer outdoor classes because we know that most people don't get enough fresh air and vitamin D. Throughout the winter months we also offer studio-based fitness classes, set to music. All of our fitness classes are designed for small groups, so you never get to hide at the back! What that does enable us to do, in all seriousness, is to check your technique, offer variations to suit your body and ensure that your exercise is effective for YOU! Our Yoga and wellbeing events are structured into intimate studio settings for the very same reasons. We want your class experience to work for you. We know that every body is unique, holds its own history, areas of tension and ease, strengths and weaknesses and we strive to support you on your mind/body journey. Our feedback shows that: Our clients love structured courses (it means that once booked, they feel they have committed to attend). They appreciate variety that our classes bring to their training routines (no two fitness classes are ever the same - no plateaus here!) They keep coming back because they build a community (they are all super lovely and supportive!) New events are often popping up in our calendar so they like to challenge each other to something new (self-confidence is infectious!) So, if we're not measuring weight anymore, what do we measure? We are not saying that you can't weigh yourself anymore - for some people that is too big a habit to break, and we get that. But there are lots of other ways to measure your success: How about... Running for a bus? Could you do this before, can you do it now? Calculating how far you can walk without discomfort? Carrying shopping/small children* (*yours obviously, not random ones!)? Lifting things around the house? Trying on that favourite outfit that hasn't quite fit for a while? Testing your heart rate recovery after a workout? Gardening without back pain? Bouncing back after a fall? Analysing your range of movement in a squat position? Trying your luck at a 5km run? Checking your blood pressure? We can help you with all of this and we want you to succeed! "But have your clients lost any weight?!" I hear you cry. I honestly couldn't tell you. I don't know because I don't ask. Because I've learnt that isn't the most important question. However what they have said is this: "Each session really pushes me but in a good way, I always feel stronger and more confident in what I can do" "I'm really enjoying the journey to getting stronger and fitter. Thanks so much for making it fun and being so encouraging!" "Love the variety and that each week the class includes different elements, and even when you’re not feeling it when you get there, the group vibes lift you and you leave the class feeling so different" So, before you next get onto your scales and begin to measure your self-worth by body-weight, please consider a change. Perhaps grab your calendar instead, find a free hour in which your could factor in some effective YOU time and contact us. Future you will thank you.

  • Isn’t it Time to Love Yourself? Isn’t it Time to Move Yourself?

    February 2022 - in association with Skin Elixir, Nottingham, UK #skinelixir It’s strange isn’t it. We all battle to create a balance; between the healthy and unhealthy, the active and inactive, the time for us vs the time for others. In simpler terms, it’s tricky to care for ourselves sometimes. The basic science is—that to improve our quality of life, our physical health, our mental wellbeing—we all need to move more. Lockdown The last 24 months has taught us a lot. About what we instinctively crave, what we require for a healthy state of mind and a well-maintained body. We need fresh air, we need to socialise, we need to move. Movement (I’m not even terming this as ‘exercise’ at this point) helps to incite positive chemical change in the brain, helps us to improve/maintain our muscle tone, strength and condition, helps to alleviate joint pain, improves cardio-vascular function and endurance... but what else? Socialisation Well, movement with other people provides us with the social interaction we’ve been missing for so long. How nice was it to go for a local walk with friends and family, instead of walking around the block on your own? Absolute bliss. How about when you could drive to Derbyshire and walk in the Peaks, with friends and family? Even better. How about when online yoga classes turned into in-person yoga classes? How much more valued did you feel, when you attended a class and could get actual praise and feedback on your performance? It is important. Being a part of something bigger is important. Being the social creatures that we are, interaction is important. The right exercise? It is also important to know that your exercise choices are good for you and that they suit your body and your intentions. If you decide to join a gym—is there going to be someone to check that what you’re doing is OK? That your technique is safe, that your workout is effective? If you join a sports team, is someone going to coach you? If you join a fitness class, is it going to be the right intensity for you? It gets complicated to think about it all and this is where most people will get put off even starting. All I can say here, is that it is worth the research. But it is also worth the trial and error. Researching for too long will put you off. If you’re inquisitive but not sure, could you just give it a go and see what you think? Can you get a free class or a day pass to try before you buy? Can you jump in on a referral from a friend, before you commit to a membership? Can you pay as you go, until you’re sure you’re happy with the subscription? “New Year , New You” Failure vs Success January the 1st is not the ‘be all and end all’. If your resolutions don’t work out in the first week, it doesn't matter. It really doesn’t. What matters is that you don’t give up. January the 1st holds too much power, to make us feel like failures. It doesn’t matter whether your new routine starts on Jan 1st, Feb 11th or July 3rd. The power is in the starting, whenever that may be. The results are in the adherence. Once you’ve found something that works for you, stick to it, for as long as it benefits you. And what about 2022? Whilst we don’t know what freedoms will exist for 2022, or for how long, we need to make time for ourselves while we can. To make sure that we stay fit, healthy and happy, for ourselves and for those who depend on us. Self-care is critical now, more than ever. When you can exercise safely with friends, do it. When you can get fresh air and even the slightest endorphin rush, do it. When you can push yourself to try something that will help you to move better, do it. Nourish your body, nourish yourself. And if you need any inspiration along the way, I’m happy to help. Body Happy. Body Healthy. Body Physical x

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